Summerfield Surname

51,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,048 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Summerfield Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at Summer’s Field [v. under Summer, and + Middle English O.E. feld] (French) for Somerville, q.v.

Summerfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,0661:13,7032,029
United States3,5391:102,41811,313
Australia1,0391:25,9823,538
Canada4531:81,3379,068
New Zealand3191:14,1952,478
Wales1881:16,4601,780
South Africa1251:433,42237,136
Estonia691:19,1573,287
Philippines591:1,715,902111,316
Scotland561:95,6046,623
Gibraltar221:1,543353
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
France131:5,109,440259,941
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8931:12,8771,947
Scotland261:143,9706,132
Wales221:71,2923,399
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6881:72,9927,828

Summerfield (31) may also be a first name.

Summerfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at Summer’s Field [v. under Summer, and + Middle English O.E. feld] (French) for Somerville, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, German) Dweller at, or near, a field used by sheep or cattle in the summer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The same as Somerfield, Somervail, Somervell, Summerwill, corrupted from Somerville.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Summerfield: derive from Somerville, now Sommervieux, near Caen. Roger de Somerville was summoned to Parliament as a Baron, and died in 1327. Roger’s son was the Sir Philip to whom John of Gaunt granted an estate on condition that he should keep a flitch of bacon hanging in his hall at Wichnor at all times of the year except in Lent, to be given to any man who could take oath that he had not repented after having been married a year and a day, and could bring with him a couple of witnesses to confirm his words. “Of the few that have ventured to claim the prize, three couple only have obtained it, one of which, having quarrelled about the mode of preserving it, were adjudged to return it. The other two couples were a sea-officer and his wife, who had not seen each other from the day of their marriage till they met in Wichnor Hall; and a simple couple in the neighbourhood, the husband a good-tempered man and the wife dumb.” So little prospect is there of the flitch being claimed that it is now made of wood and hung up in the lodge.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Summerfield Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Summerfield Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Summerfield occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Summerfield? popularity and diffusion

The surname Summerfield is the 51,032nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 725,273 people. The last name Summerfield is primarily found in Europe, where 45 percent of Summerfield reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 43 percent reside in British Isles. Summerfield is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 31 people.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 4,066 people, or 1 in 13,703. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 11 percent live, West Midlands, where 7 percent live and Staffordshire, where 5 percent live. Besides England this last name exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Summerfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Summerfield has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Summerfield last name rose 215 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 514 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 855 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 215 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Summerfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Summerfield surname are 8.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.52% being registered with the political party.

The amount Summerfield earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 21.5% more than the national average, earning R 288,732 per year; in United States they earn 0.37% more than the national average, earning $43,308 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.18% less than the national average, earning $47,111 CAD per year.

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